Bumper for automobiles



C. BOWEN.

BUMPER FOB AUTOWOBILES. APPLICAT'ION HLED OCT. 15, I919.

Patentedi Nov. 25, 1919,

$4 W/ ATTORNEK STATES PATENT OFFI-GE;

CHARLES BOWEN. or FORT WAYNE. INDIANA, ASSIGNOR-OF ONE-THIRD T0 ARTHUR G. NIEBERGALL AND ONE-THIRD TO FRED onsmns. BOTH or roar WAYNE, INDIANA.

BUMPER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15. 1919. Serial No. 330.877.

To all whom it may 'on 'ern i PM it known that L'Cnmuazs BOWEN, a eilixen oi'ithe l'nited Slrat'es'ol American and resident of Fort 'avne. in the eount v of Allen and State of'.ll\(iiai!l;i., halve invented eertain new and useful improvements in Bumpers forAutomobiles, of whirh the foL lowing is a sper'ilieation.

'This invention. relates to in'iprovements in bumpersfor automobiles of a type in which the frame of the automobile has a protruding end, and the object of the improvement is to so eonstrurt. the bumper and its securing means thatthe bumper may he quickly applied to-tho "frame, of the mat-lune without distnrbingsoraltering an}; of the. parts thereof. and so as to obviate. the necessity for adjue-lting. l|i(fl .il$ ll1 applying the bumper.

The objects of the invention are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the aeeon pin riing drawings in whieh:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the bumper and a portion of an automobile showing the iJllllll'flEl seemed to w the pmtruding end thereof;

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing a crossseetion oi the frame and. the supporting saddle' held in place thereon by the securing means. the section being on the, line ,7..L' of Fig.1; and

"*"Fig. 3 is a perspeetive view of the saddle for holding the bumper proper.

Himilar eliaraeters of reference indicate eon-responding parts throughoutthe several views and having reference now to the same:

1 is the frame of an automobile having a protruding end 2 with divergent opposite sides 5'. there being h shaft- 4 extending longitudinally through the front end of the frame that serves in starting the antmuobile engine. The invention is comprised of the bumper proper :lftlie saddle (i and the securing members 7 for the saddle. The bumper proper is formed of a Hat bar of spring metal with oppositely projecting hooks 8 and eorrespomling inwardly slanting extremities 9; the supporting saddle 6 is formed of av stifi' metallic plateshaped to lit over the end 2 of the frame and partly over the respective divergent sides 3 thereof the opposite extremities 10 extending divergently outward from thet'rame and having supporting connection respectively with the corresponding extremities of the bumper proper, the connection being effected bysaddlenthebumper is held from displace the lot affording-rlearance for the starter shatt 4 and the lip serving to prevent the saddle 10m shifting upwardly and also 'sisja reinforcement for the slotted part. 11 of the saddle. -The divergentopposite parts 14: are eaeh shaped with a vertical gain 15 upon its inner side adapted to receive the pr01ecting part of the clip 16 on thecorresponding divex-gent side of the frame. v

The rm-m members 7 are each coinprised of a clip shaped to encompassltheframe and the part H of thesaddldjimd with its ends extending-through a.;clztnip plate 17 that holds the saddlerigidly ingpo sition on the frame when the nuts 18 on respective ends of the clip are tightlydrawn.

15 forming the saddle so as to'straddlth" protruding end of the fraine'with its 'diVer-' gent parts fitting and rigidl secured to the -eorrespomlmg -Sl(l8S of the raine,"nnd with the inner extremities of the bumper'proper rigidly fixed to the projecting ends pf'tho bumper proper formed of a. metallic spring bar and shaped \vitlroppositely projecting hooks and corresponding inwnrdly slantuig extremities; a saddle having'opposihely diS- posed ends secured respectively to the correspomling extremities of the bumper; and members for supporting thesaddle in position. v

2. In a bumper for automobiles havinga. frame with a. protruding and, a. buni r" proper formed of a sprin bar shaped-with. oppositely projecting hoo and correspond ing inwardly extending extremities; a suds dle shaped frame and having connections respectively at its opposite ends with the 'correspondin extremities of the bumper vproper; an means for securing the saddle'to the' frame: 3. In a bumper for automobiles havin '9. frame with a protruding end, a sad dle shaped to fit the protruding end and-having a recessed middle portion with a rearwardly extending reinforcing lip; a bumper proper having inwardly extending extremities secured respectively to the corresponding ends of the saddle;,and means for securing the saddle to the frame. i

4. In a bumper for automobiles having a. frame with a protruding end, a bumper proper formed of a. spring bar with inwardiy extending extremities, and a saddle 

